Sinan County, South Jeolla

Sinan
신안군
County
Korean transcription(s)
  Hangul
  Hanja
  Revised Romanization Sinan-gun
  McCune-Reischauer Sinan-gun

A town in Heuksando, one of the island in Sinan county.

Emblem of Sinan

Location in South Korea
Country  South Korea
Region Honam
Administrative divisions 1 eup, 13 myeon
Area
  Total 653.13 km2 (252.17 sq mi)
Population (2001)
  Total 53,150
  Density 81/km2 (210/sq mi)
  Dialect Jeolla

Sinan County (Sinan-gun) is a county in South Jeolla Province, South Korea. The county consists of 111 inhabited islands and 719 uninhabited islands. The number of islands in this county accounts for 25% of all islands in South Korea. Big islands among them are Anjwado (45.2㎢), Aphaedo (44.3㎢), Bigeumdo (43.1㎢), Dochodo (40.3㎢), Imjado (43.2㎢), Amtaedo (38.7㎢), Jeungdo (37.2㎢), Jangsando (24.3㎢), Haui-do (16.1㎢), and Heuksando (19.7㎢). The sea area is a continental shelf with less than 15 meter in depth.[1] Sinan County is known for its specialities - Skate (fish) and Cheonilyeom(천일염). Cheonilyeom is a kind of salt. However, some salt farm workers had beaten, exploited and not paid their labours. In 2014, enslaveries on Sinan County's salt farms were discovered.

Islands

Twin towns – Sister cities

Sinan is twinned with:

See also

References

  1. "신안군 (Sinan-gun 新安郡)" (in Korean). Doosan Encyclopedia. Retrieved 2008-05-11.

External links

Coordinates: 34°49′39″N 126°06′04″E / 34.827403°N 126.101146°E / 34.827403; 126.101146


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